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C+

West Somerville Neighborhood

PublicElementaryGrades PK–8

177 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144 · (617) 625-6600 · Part of Somerville School District

Somerville’s School Grade C better than 30% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
397
Students per teacher
14:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–8
The gist

What stands out about West Somerville Neighborhood

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 39% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 10 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Somerville kids: Somerville High

On the path

Where Somerville kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–8West Somerville NeighborhoodYou are here
9–12Somerville High1,394 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency27%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts47%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

177 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K18
Kindergarten42
Grade 146
Grade 241
Grade 338
Grade 437
Grade 545
Grade 646
Grade 739
Grade 845
Enrollment over time
380’20
371’21
371’22
378’23
397’24

Up 4.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 59%Two or more races 12%Black 11%Hispanic 10%Asian 7%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about West Somerville Neighborhood from Somerville families.

Other schools in Somerville School District

The district →
E Somerville Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
747 students13:1
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
553 students13:1
Arthur D Healey
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
482 students12:1
John F Kennedy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
B+
439 students14:1
Winter Hill Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
D
388 students8:1
Capuano Early Childhood Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Somerville
250 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Somerville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.